Game apparatus.



C. A. HAGERTY.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AuG.3. 1914 Patented May 11, 1915.

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UNITED sTATiis rxTENT oriaicia` CHARLES .AUGUSTUS HAGERTY, OEI-10SANGELES, CALIFORNIA. GAME Arnhems.

Application l'ed August 3, 19.14. Serial No, 854,881.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLEs AUGUSTUS HAGERTY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, re'

apparatus in which a missile or projectile i is discharged at a target,and one of the main objects of my invention is to' produce agameapparatus of the class described of simple form and construction inwhich the reward of the game depends upon the skill ofI the player inprojecting a missile into apertures in a moving target.

Another object of my invention is to produce a game apparatus oftheclass described in which a moving target provided with receivingapertures is arran ed in. such a manner as to deliver the missileentering such apertures into predetermined'pockets respectively ofdifferent values arranged in a stationary portion of the apparatus'.

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter.

' Referring to' the drawings, which are for illustrative purposes only:Figure 1 is a side elevation of a game apparatus embodying a form of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the apparatusshown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view, partly in section, of theapparatus shown lin Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a portion of theapparatus shown in Fig. 1 the revolvingtable and gun being remove -heapparatus consists of a base 1 's upf ported on suitable legs 2, thebase 1 being designed to be placed upon any suitable object to supportthe same at approximately the height of an ordinary table. Secured tothe underside of the table is a sheet metal member 3bent to form aseries of runways 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, the runways beinginclined downwardly toward the front of the apparatus and terminating inpockets 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,l 20k and 21 respectively. Secured tothe upper side of the base 1 is a distributing box 24 being providedwith an outerv concentric channel 2 5 and a series of inner concentricchannels 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 the channels 26. to 30 inclusive eachbeing provided with a, single hlghportion 31 and. a 19W ortica-3.25m anranged that a ball will ro from the high I into.

portion to the low portion and drop downwardl therefrom through outletopenn s 26", 27', 2-8-, 29 and 30 respectively, tle openings 26 to 30registering with passages 'through the base 1 forming continuations `ofthe respective outlet openings in the channels into the respectiverunways below the base.`

The channel 25 is provided witha plurality of outlet openings indicatedat 35, 36, 37 and 38, the said channel 25 having a high portion and alow portion for each of the openings 35 to 38 inclusive, so that a. balldropping. into the channel 25 will r'oll into the respective outlets,depending upon which portion of the channel 25 vthe ball should fallMounted in the basel, centrally of the distributing box 24, is a bearing40 which extends upwardly therefrom to the saine height as `thetop ofthe distributing box 24. 41 designates a spindle rotatably mounted inthe bearing 40 and provided with a flange 42 to which issecured arotatable table or target 43 provided with a series of aperturesextending inwardly from the outer Vface thereof and designated at 45,46, 47, 48 and 49 respectively. The apparatus 45 to 49.resp ectively'are arranged radially' with respect to the spindle 41 and are formed sothat the floor or bottom of the respective apertures" is depresseddownwardly toward outlet passa es 45', 46', 47', 48 and 49 in the bottomo the respective apertures. Each aperture 45 to 49 respectively isprovided at the mouth or entrance end thereof with a gateindiated at 51formed of wire, theends 52 ofA which extend into the walls oftheaperture in such a manner that the resfp'ectite gates may swingvfreely inwardly andasfsume a v ertical or closed position Whsll lllQtoperated. The lower end 53 of the-respective gates engages a shoulder 54foundedatthe mouth of each respective aperture, -whereby the'gates areprevented from swinging outward y by contact from the interim of theaperture'- minates in a circular trough indicated at 5 5 which isprovided with a seriesl of discharge or` utlet openings 56, 57, 58 and59, the troughbeing provided Vwith a series of highportions 60 locatedbetween the respective. discharge outlets, sothat a ball or inissilewill roll away froml thel respective high portions 60 tov the' outletopenings. Mounted, by meansof'a suitable bracket6l secured t0 the base.1 is a motor 62 which may be 0f The table 43 ter any suitable form ofconstruction, in the present instance being a spring motor provided witha winding key 63 and governor means 64, the motor bein connected bymeans of suitable gearing indicated at 65 with thel spindle 41.0f thetable 43.

Mounted at the front end of the base 1 is a gun 66 provided with abarrel 67 having an opening 68 in the top thereof for the insertion of aball or missile indicated at 70. v

71 designates a spring actuated follower controlled by trigger mechanism72 mounted on the handle 73 of the gun.

The operation of the game a paratus is as follows: Assuming that the ba70 has been loaded into the gun and that the trigger has been pulled,Fig. 2 would illustrate the relative position of the parts at the timethe ball is moving in the direction of the arrow out of the gun towardthe target, namely, the rotating table, the table having been first setin rotatable motion by means of the motor 62. The ball leaving the nwould be discharged against the face o the table 43 and in the eventthat one of the apertures should l be in line with the gun at the properinstant,

the ball would enter such aperture. In the present instance, assumingthat the ball entered the aperture 46, the gate 51 therein would swinginwardly admittingthe ball to the aperture, and the same would rolltoward the discharge outlet 46. therein. It is to be noted that thedischarge outlet 46 of the aperture 46 is at all times over theconcentric channel 3G in the distributing box 24 and a ball passingthrough the outlet 46 would drop into the channel 30. The ball in thechannel 30 would roll toward the discharge opening 30 therein and dropdownwardly throu h such opening, and the continuation a: tereof in thebase 1, into the runway 8 immediately below the opening 30', the ballmovin down the runway 8 into pocket -17. Should the ball enter aperture47 it will pass downwardly' through outlet 47 into channel 29 in thedistributin box, thence through discharge opening 29 in the channel, andopening thereunder, into runway 7 and be discharged into pocket 16. Thecourse of a ball entering apertures 48, 49 and 45 would be throu hrespective o enin 48, 49 and 45 into t e respective c anne s 28, 27 and26 in the distributing box and be discharged respectively throughopenings 28', 27 and 26 into respective runways 9, 6 and 10, thence intorespective pockets 18, 15 ,and 19. I-n the event that a ball whendischar ed from the gun should strike the face o the table 43, the ballshould it rebound toward the gun, would strike against walls 75 of adelector 7 6 and roll into the circular trough 55 of the table. Theposition of the table would determine whether such ball would passthrough discharge openings 56, 57, 58 or 59 1n the trough, andtheposition of the table with relation to the distributing box would determine through which opening 35, 36, 37 or 38 in the concentric channel 25the ball would ass, the ball passing through opening 35 eing deliveredinto runway 12, t ence into pocket 21. A ball delivered through opening36 would pass into runwa into pocket 20. A ball passing through opening37 would be delivered into runway 5, thence into pocket 14. A balldischarged through opening 38 would be delivered into runway 4, thenceinto pocket 13. It is to be noted that the width of the mouth orentrance of the respective apertures 45 to 49 inclusive in the table isvaried, and that the ockets in the base may be numbered to designate thereward the player will have upon operating the game. The ball enteringthe aperture of narrowest width eventually passes into the pocket havingthe highest reward. In the present instance, I have shown the pocketsnumbered so that the player who is skilled enough to lire a ball intothe narrowest aperture 46 in the table will count 7, as indicated inpocket 17. The ball discharged into aperture 47, passing eventually intopocket 16, receives 5 as a' reward. The ball entering aperture 48,eventually discharging into pocket 18, receives 4 as a reward. The" ballentering aperture 49, eventually passin into pocket 15, receives 3 as areward. T e ball entering aperture 45, eventually passing into pocket19, receives 2 as a reward. y

It is understood that the ball entering the trough 55 on the table mayeventually pass, as heretofore described, into either pocket 13 14, 20,or 21, and I have marked the same l ne more shot, 1, Go back 5, and Goback 3 respectively. It is further understood that the pockets may bemarked with an suitable markings, the markings disclose in Figs. 3 and.4simply being for illustrative purposes.

Attention is directed to the fact that the skill of the lplayer comesinto play in being able to disc arge a ball from the gun into theapertures in the table of smallest width, as the smaller the aperturethe greater the reward.

What I claim is l' 1. A game apparatus com rising a stationary basehaving a series o pockets therein, a rotatable table mounted on saidbase, said table havinga series of radially arranged apertures extendingnwardly from the outer face thereof, means for discharging a missileinto said apertures, and means where a missile received in an aperturein 'said ta le is delivered into a predetermined pocket in said base. A

A game apparatus com rising a stationa base having a series o ocketstherein, a ributing box on said ase having a 11, thencer tionary basehaving a series o series of channels therein each having outlet means toa predetermined pocket, a rotatable table mounted on said base, saidtable having a series of apertures therein, each of 5 said apertureshaving outlet means into a predetermined channel in said distributingbox, and means for discharging a missile into the apertures in saidtable. 3. A game apparatus comfrising a starunways each terminating in apocket,-a distributing box on said base havlng a series of concentricChannels therein each having an outlet to a predetermined runway, arotatable table y mounted on said base, said table having a sesaid tablehaving a series of apertures there- 1n, gate means at the mouth of eachaperture, means for dischargi a missile into said apertures, and meansor delivering a missile from any of said apertures into a predeterminedpocket.

5. A game apparatus comprising a base `having a series of pocketssupported there-l by, a rotatable table mounted en said base, said tablehaving a series of apertures extending inwardly from the face thereof, a

` gate in the mouth of each aperture, means or pivotally mounting saidgates to permit the same to freely inwardly, means for preventing thegate from swinging outwardly, means for discharging a missile into theapertures in said table, and means for conducting a. missile from any ofsaid apertures to a predetermined pocket.

6. A game apparatus comprising a stationary-base having a series ofrunways each terminating in a pocket,'a distributing box on said basehaving a series of concentric inner channels and a concentric outerchannel, said inner channels each having an outlet in the bottom thereofin open communication with one of said runways, said outer channelhaving a series of outlets in the bottom thereof each in opencommunication with one of said runways, a rotatable table on said base,said table having a series of apertures therein, each of said apertureshaving ,an outlet opening in the bottom thereof in open communicationwith one of said inner'concentric channels, a circular trough around theouter edge of said table, said 60 trough having a series of outletopenings in,v thebottom thereof in open communication with the outerconcentric channel in said box, means for discharging a missile intosaid apertures, and means for rotating said tablex A In testimonywhereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this24th day of uly,1914

CHARLES AUGUSTUS HAGERTY. 7

In presence .of-

FRANK L. A. GRAHAM, FRED A. MANSFIELD.

